'Ko Rotoiti te Moana'

(Dr Te Rina King-Hudson & Dr Kepa Morgan)

Te-Rina and Kēpa presented ‘Ko Rotoiti te Moana’. This project brings together Ngāti Pikiao epistemology with innovative real-time water monitoring technology, crowd-sourced photos, marae surveys, and intergenerational knowledge transfer, to strengthen Ngāti Pikiao rangatiratanga over te mauri o te wai. This talk included a walk-through of the online dashboard, which presents real-time changes in terms of mauri. Regular and holistic mauri monitoring empowers Ngāti Pikiao as hunga kaitiaki to help realise mauri ora o Te Roto Whaiti I kitea e Ihenga i ariki ai a Kahumatamomoe for present and future generations.

 

'Ka Mua, Ka Muri – Historical Timelines through Ngā Tirohanga Māori'

(Dr Olly McMillan)

This presentation focused on the development of historical timelines for two recent Mahi Maioro projects. The first project, on the Waiāri River, looked at historical changes to the rohe and the river from the perspective of Tapuika Iwi, and used this historical timeline to provide context on a current day water take from the awa.

The second project, Rotoitipaku, looked at a historical assessment of changes to mauri as a result of landfilling activities on a culturally significant site. The cumulative impacts over time experienced by iwi and hapū members provides a basis for developing a remedial strategy for the future.

Within the talk, Dr Kēpa Morgan also discussed recent workshops on cumulative assessment using Indigenous-based principles with First Nations in western Canada. ​​